'65 Chevy C10 Long Fleet Retrospective Build Thread

[theastronaut]

Here's some random assembly pics, in no particular order.

The bed reunited with the cab and the wood floor installed.




The step plates installed with all the screw slots "clocked" the same direction and the join of the weatherstripping exactly centered with the Chevy bowtie. Also treated the rubber with Duragloss' Rubber and Vinyl Dressing. You can also see just how "deep" the paint is on the top of the rocker. The door jambs were bodyworked, block sanded, wetsanded, and buffed just like the outer panels.


Backside of the bumpers were wetsanded and painted satin black.


The window handle knobs had a rough edge that needed to be smoothed out.


After wetsanding and buffing to smooth the knob. Better, but not glossy enough.


Rewetsanded and masked, ready for a coat of clear.


Clear coated.




Added padding under the floor mad. I also cut padding to fit in the recessed stamping to level out the floor mat surface.


Vent windows reassembled.


Checking the wiring.


Test fitting the emblems, had to slot out the mounting holes to make them level.


Headlight buckets blasted, painted, and test fit.


Primed and wetsanded the license plate bracket.


Painted with low gloss black paint and reassembled.


The plating on the tailgate chains had dulled out so I polished them with Wenol metal polish and clear coated them to keep them from oxidizing.


Polished the heads of the door panel screws.


Used Duplicolor truck bed liner to undercoat the fenders.


Front clip installed.


Paint edges line up pretty good.